Abstract
MR. LYONS' Government in Australia, “having given very earnest consideration to requests that the taxation burden on educational literature should be lightened”, has, we learn from an announcement in the Melbourne Argus of June 3, granted certain exemptions which, though satisfactory so far as they go, are very meagre concessions compared with the case against a tax on books of any kind. Primage duty at port of entry will no longer be charged on books and periodicals imported by or for the State public libraries, the National Library at Canberra, and the libraries of the several universities. Hymn books, prayer books, and literature published by or issued under the authority of the League of Nations will also be admitted free; and so will historical records in print, picture, or manuscript imported by or for libraries. Unfortunately, the sales tax still remains.
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